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Bird food as a language learning supertool

We started a homeschooling adventure at the end of May. It was a bit unexpected but it is a lot of fun.

We’ve done a lot of project based work, so when I heard Ivel Valley were looking for bloggers to review their bird feed, we jumped at the chance. It begs the question: Can you learn with bird food?

Here is our very silly Unboxing Film. (They do say not to work with children or animals)

There are so many learning experiences in everyday life, for languages, science, maths, literacy and lots more.
We’ve been feeding the birds for a while, but just cheap bird seeds. As you can see in the video, this is so much better than what we usually feed them. I’m sure the birds will love us now!

There are so many learning experiences in everyday life, for languages, science, maths, literacy and lots more.
Feeding birds fits into science work on food chains. It fosters a nurturing attitude to caring for nature. We can use maths whilst measuring out what we need. We can spot birds coming and chart it. (Maths too) We can chat about the birds in another language, German is our second language at home, I’ll be learning too as I don’t yet know many bird’s names in German!

So whilst following the nature topic this week we came across some brillant things. So, why is bird food a language learning supertool?

We came across a traditional German Children’s song. Alle Vögel sind schon da. I hope you enjoy this lively version.

We found some poetry on birds to use literacy skills. We’ve been looking at symmetry in nature. We read about food chains and my daughter wrote some food chains including birds both as predator and prey. As the work we did was rooted in the project for the week there is a direct link which helps to keep an interest in the work we are doing.

Would you like to buy some of this brilliant bird food for yourself. Pop over to the website Ivel Valley

Are there any more names for birds you think we’ve missed? Add you comments below.

Are you home schooling? How do you work with your little ones? Let us know in the comments below.